And if that wasn't enough Hunger Games news, over the weekend came reports that director Gary Ross threw out the script that was written by Billy Ray (State of Play and Volcano). Lionsgate tweeted:

The current draft of The Hunger Games script was not written by Billy Ray. It is a collaboration between Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins

The Wrapasked Ray if he had any idea why his script was replaced (he didn't). But apparently the news that his draft wasn't going to be used couldn't come to him as a complete surprise. In April, Ross informed Ray that he would be retooling the script.

I told Billy when I began — and he’s a director as well and a very good one — that I would have to put this into my own voice. And I wanted to get back as close as I could to the essence of the book and the emotional arc."

What were the changes between the two scripts? Do fans feel better knowing that Collins had a hand in penning the script? Could there not be anyone better than Sutherland to play Snow?